Improvement in lounges and bedsteads combined



S. HIGGINS.

Lounges and Bedsteads Combined. N0.139,9 57, PatentedJune17,l873.

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PATENT QFFIO'E.

STEPHEN HIGGINS, OF PORTLAND, MAINE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TOCHARLES H. BUCKNAM, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN LOUNGES AND BEDSTEADS COMBINED.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 139,957, dated J one17, 1873; application filed November 23, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN HIGGINS, of Portland, in the county ofCumberland and State of Maine, have invented a new and use ful CombinedLounge and Beadstead; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawin g, which is hereby made a part of thisspecification, in which- Figure l is a front view in perspective of myinvention, as it appears when opened to Fig. 2 is a front view of samewhen folded,,to be used as a sofa or lounge, with the extensible partout off.

Same letters show like parts.

The object of my invention is to produce a new and convenient article offurniture which may be used either as a sofa or lounge, or as abedstead, as circumstances or convenience may require. The differentparts of the device are subject to certain changes in their relativepositions in order to adapt them to the change in their use.

My invention presents, when closed, very nearly the appearance of anordinary lounge, having the back a of the ordinary configuration, therear legs cl d and the front bar 0. This bar 0 is curved at one end, asshown, to conform somewhat to the shape of the back a. This conformationof a and c raises the head-rest m, which connects a and 0 above theremaining part of the seat of the lounge; and h and i are alsoconnections between the two parts a and c,- and the bars h and i havethe slides q q immediately below them. These slides q q permit the barb, which is made of similar form to c, to be drawn out from c to extendthe width of the device so as to form a bedstead, and at the same timethe slide 12 extends the width of the head-rest of the lounge to form asupport for the pillows to be placed upon the bedstead. When the slidesq q and n are drawn out the supplemental frames 8 and j are shownpivoted upon offset-joints at k k and 19, (the corresponding pivot to 12not being shown in the drawing.) When the slides q q and n are drawnout, these two frames being revolved upon these pivots k k and 9, thesepivots or joints being made as shown, bring the frames 8 and j up to theplane of the other parts of the device to which they correspond, viz.,in i and h, so that the bedding will lay smooth upon it. The legs e ande are placed under 0, so that the whole device will not sag or drop downwhen extended or drawn out upon the before-mentioned slides in thecenter, and the legs f f support the portion so drawn out. The pivotedstops r and r fix the distance to which the movable part may be drawnout and prevent the slides q g from being separated. Thediagonally-placed stops 9 g serve a double purpose of increasing therigidity of the frame b, and serve also to stop the revolution of thesupplemental frame j when turned either up or down, and the frame .9,when rotated upon its pivot 19, brings the part of the frame 8, marked8, to a bearing near, but not upon, the pivot 70.

The different parts of my device may be upholstered in the usual manner,and mattresses and other bed-clothing may be used upon it when it isextended so as to form a bedstead.

The operation of my invention is as follows: When the slides q q areclosed bythe stops r r being turned up parallel to c and b, and 0brought closely together, (the frames j and 8 being turned downward tobring them into the same plane as b,) the whole device is then of aconvenient width to be used as an ordinary lounge or sofa, but when thestops 1 r are turned so as to be perpendicular to c, the slides q qdrawn out to their full extent, or as far as permitted by the stops 4 rthe frames j and s rotated upon their offset hinges or pivots 7c and p,to bring them up to their highest plane, as described, the whole devicethen has sufficient width for a bedstead, and the rotation of the frames5 and j deprives the upper side of any irregularities which mightotherwise exist in the upper side of the device so that bedding may bespread upon it.

WVhat I claim as my invention, and-desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The combination, in a sofa-bedstead, of the back 01., bars 0 and 12,rest m, slides a, q, and q, pivoted supplementary frames s and j,offsethinges k 7:; and p p, and the stops 9 g and r and r, all in themanner and for the purposes as set forth.

Portland, November 18, 187 2. t

1 STEPHEN HIGGINS. Witnesses:

D. W. SGRIBNER, F. E. JORDAN.

